Trusts

Fiduciary services provider, International Protector Group (IPG) has published a guide to the recently announced Bahamas Executive Entity (BEE).

Andy Zanelli looks at the issues surrounding death benefits

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Vistra has become the first fiduciary provider in Curacao to establish a new trust structure based on the Anglo Saxon concept.

Confidence remains high in the long term for international trust and estate business, according to the latest global quarterly confidence survey from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

LV= has launched a free online tool to help advisers write new and existing life policies in trust from any provider.

Local authorities may take an "aggressive stance" against schemes designed to help individuals avoid long term care (LTC) fees, an expert has warned.

Advisers have been warned that failure to set up trusts correctly could land their clients - and themselves - in hot water.

A row has broken out over the use of trusts to avoid long term care (LTC) fees after a BBC investigation.

Three companies providing will and trust writing services were wound up last week after an operation by Company Investigations (CI), a branch of the Insolvency Service.